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Summary Terry Goon is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone while caring for his nephew — a 19-year-old model from Morocco named Bahlul — bedridden in a full leg cast after an electric scooter accident. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the model.

Directed By: Theda Hammel

Written By: Theda Hammel, Faheem Ali

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • Neon
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2024
  • Neon
  • 1 h 35 m

Stress Positions

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Terry Goon is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone while caring for his nephew — a 19-year-old model from Morocco named Bahlul — bedridden in a full leg cast after an electric scooter accident. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the model.

Directed By: Theda Hammel

Written By: Theda Hammel, Faheem Ali

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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83
Jan 23, 2024
In its wryly amusing self-awareness at all turns, the film actively and relentlessly lampoons the very language and gesturing we all affect in trying to broach the political maelstrom of identity politics.
By Ryan Lattanzio FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 23, 2024
In real life, anyone would hate to spend even a few minutes in their company. Yet in Hammel’s hands, they become easy to enjoy and laugh at while completely understanding their full awful personalities.
By Murtada Elfadl FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 29, 2024
The film is an insightful look at modern discontent and the pandemonium that it breeds.
By Steven Scaife FULL REVIEW
67
Jan 29, 2024
Amid Hammel’s acid-tongued approach and jaundiced eye, there’s a lot of intriguing potential; after all, cinema that imperfectly confronts is oftentimes more interesting than comfortable competence.
By Clint Worthington FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 18, 2024
The movie has its funny moments, and even some halfway-poignant ones, but it occasionally gives one the feeling of watching a bawdy New York-set sitcom and listening to a segment of “This American Life” at the same time.
By Zachary Barnes FULL REVIEW
58
Jan 29, 2024
Its scrappiness is what brings the charm à la the early work of Madeleine Olnek. Random attempts at depth detract from the final product rather than add to it.
By Lena Wilson FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 23, 2024
While Hammel might be aiming for an ensemble comedy, Stress Positions lacks focus; the director can’t seem to decide who should be the heart of her shapeless narrative, a feeling compounded by dueling voiceovers.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Neon, Roller Studios, Seaview Productions
Release Date Apr 19, 2024
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Website https://neonrated.com/films/stress-positions
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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